Emotional Problem
Conditions
Keywords
emotional regulation, online therapeutic game, emotional regulation assessment
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to investigate the validity of in-game scores as indicators for emotional regulation abilities in children and adolescence.
Interventions
REThink is a online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018), proved to be an efficient intervention to reduce emotional symptoms of children and adolescents.
Sponsors
The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
Babes-Bolyai University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* children and adolescents between 10 and 14 years * provided written parental consent
Exclusion criteria
* Intellectual disability or physical limitations precluded the use of the computer program * Had a major mental health disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emotion-regulation | Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention) | The Emotion Regulation Index for Children and Adolescents (ERICA; Biesecker & Easterbrooks, 2001). It is a 13-item on a five-point Likert scale, from 0 strong disagreement to 5strong agreement where higher scores represent better emotional regulation abilities, |
| Strengths and difficulties | Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention) | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - child version (SDQ; Goodman, 1997). It is a 25-item on a three-point Liker scale, from 0 not true to 2 certainly true where lower scores represent an improvement or lack of problems. |
| Emotional symptoms | Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention) | The Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 (CBCL; Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) is a parent-report of child emotional and behavioral problems. Each item is rated on a 3-point Likert-style scale ranging from 0 (not true) to 2 (very true or often true). The DSM-derived affective and anxiety scales and the anxious/depressed and withdrawn/depressed syndrome scales, respectively, will be used to assess emotional symptoms. |
| Emotion recognition | Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention) | The Emotion Awareness Questionnaire (EAQ, Rieffe et al., 2008) is a 32-item questionnaire on a three-point Liker scale, from 0 not true to 2 certainly true. |
| Compassion | Pre-intervention (one day before the intervention) | Compassion Scale for Children (CSC, Nas & Sak, 2020) is a 20-items scale rated on a five points Likert scale from Never to Always where higher scores means higher levels of compassion. |
Countries
Romania
Outcome results
None listed